Automated Custom Hardware Production via Keyword Parsing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current manufacturing processes for mobile internet devices are inefficient in producing customized hardware components, as they require complex reconfiguration of line equipment and result in high overhead costs due to production defects and limited ability to cater to individual user needs.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system that generates a manufacturing process and code for producing personalized and customized hardware components based on verbal descriptions, utilizing keyword parsing, component identification, optimization, and generation of production files such as Gerber and STL files.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If mass production processes are used to produce standardized hardware components, then manufacturing efficiency and cost-effectiveness are improved, but the ability to meet individual user needs and produce customized components deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic manufacturing system where production parameters, component selections, and assembly configurations can be adjusted in real-time based on individual user specifications. The system transitions from static mass production to dynamic customized production by allowing continuous modification of manufacturing parameters without complete line reconfiguration, enabling both efficiency and adaptability
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables customized hardware production by allowing changes in manufacturing parameters such as component types, material specifications, dimensional tolerances, and assembly sequences based on user requirements. This parameter flexibility allows the same production line to efficiently produce both standardized and customized components by simply adjusting controllable variables rather than physical reconfiguration
2Adaptability or versatility
If production line equipment is reconfigured to produce different customized hardware components, then adaptability to individual user needs is improved, but production time and overhead costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-programming multiple production configurations and component combinations in the control system before actual production begins. User specifications are processed against a library of pre-configured production parameters and component assemblies, allowing the system to rapidly switch between customizations by activating pre-prepared configurations rather than performing real-time reconfiguration, thus minimizing downtime
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces physical mechanical reconfiguration of production equipment with digital/software-based control. Instead of physically moving, adding, or removing hardware components to adapt the production line, the invention uses programmable logic controllers and software to dynamically adjust production parameters, component selection, and assembly sequences, eliminating the time-consuming mechanical reconfiguration process while maintaining full customization capability
3Adaptability or versatility
If production line equipment is reconfigured to produce different customized hardware components, then adaptability to individual user needs is improved, but overhead costs from production defects and line set-up increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements universality by designing a single integrated production line capable of producing multiple different hardware component types and configurations through software control. The system uses universal fixtures, multi-functional assembly stations, and a centralized control system that can manage various production scenarios, eliminating the need for multiple specialized production lines and reducing overall system complexity despite high customization capability
Solution Approach 2:
The invention introduces an intermediary layer - a sophisticated control system and software platform - that mediates between user customization requirements and the physical production equipment. This intermediary handles the complexity of coordinating component selection, parameter adjustment, and assembly sequences, shielding the physical production line from complexity while enabling full customization. The intermediary translates diverse user requirements into standardized production commands, reducing overall system complexity
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates a system and method for producing component and product based on description thereof. The method retrieves, via a communications interface adapted to interact with a user through a communications link, an input from said user; parses the input to produce one or more keywords corresponds to the description; identifies a combination of one or more components from a pre-stored list components, a code for producing the one or more components, and cover; optimizes the identified combination of one or more components; generates at least one production file having at least one of a software code, a library file, an stereolithography (STL) file, or a gerber file from said optimized combination, the at least one production file is associated with the manufacturing process for producing the at least one hardware component. This method is automated to facilitate end-to-end manufacturing with user described specifications on a platform.